Helen of troy definition, the beautiful daughter of zeus and leda and wife of menelaus whose abduction by paris was the cause of the trojan war. So when menelaus died, they say, helen was driven away from sparta by nicostratus and megapenthes 1, sons of menelaus by other women, according to some. Helen of troy is a character in homers classic epic poem, the iliad, written in the 8th century about the trojan war, imagined by the greeks to have occurred about 500 years earlier. Helen of troy, greek helene, in greek legend, the most beautiful woman of greece and the indirect cause of the trojan war. After paris had declared aphrodite as the fairest of all goddesses.
Posted when paris went to sparta some people argue that he had to take helen by force and some argue that aphrodite had made helen fall in love with him. Lured, the greeks told us, by the golden riches of the east helen left behind her cuckoldhusband and girlchild hermione, and a few years later ran off to troy with the trojan prince paris. The way homer tells the tale, the beautiful helen is lured away from her husband menelaus, the king of sparta, by paris, a trojan prince. Biography of helen of troy, cause of the trojan war. Helen of troy, l brands, best buy, builders firstsource and photronics highlighted as zacks bull. Helen was regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world. Helen of troy ltd stock price, quote and news cnbc.
Nasdaq realtime stock quotes, news and financial information from cnbc. She was daughter of zeus, either by leda or by nemesis, and sister of the dioscuri. As helen believed polyxo 4 to be her friend, she went to rhodes where polyxo 4, widow of tlepolemus 1 who died at troy, was queen. The story of achilles, troy and the wooden horse is one of the most famous in the world. The war is one of the most important events in greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of greek literature, most notably homers iliad. How was helen lured away by troy in greek mythology answers. Helen was lured to troy by paris, who is said to have seduced her.
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